Definition of Copperas

1. n. Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate.

Definition of Copperas

1. Noun. Ferrous sulfate. ¹

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Definition of Copperas

1. a compound used in making inks [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Copperas

1. The impure commercial variety of ferrous sulfate. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Copperas

copper pennies
copper phosphate cement
copper phthalocyanine
copper protein
copper pyrites
copper radioisotopes
copper rockfish
copper shark
copper sulfate
copper sulfate method
copper sulfide
copper sulphate
copper uranite
copperah
copperahs
copperas (current term)
copperases
copperbar
copperbars
copperbottomed
coppered
copperfasten
copperfastened
copperfastening
copperfastens
copperhead
copperheadism
copperheads
coppering
copperish

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